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I'm interested in better understanding the ongoing geological processes that shape St. Louis and the Mississippi Valley region. So far, I've been looking into the history of seismicity in the region, focusing on the fascinating but little known history of the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 -- the most devastating earthquakes to have hit the US east of the Rockies. I've also been exploring how St. Louis and surrounding areas are dealing with the possibility of another earthquake occurring in the future. According to one article I read, one of the biggest uncertainties is what would happen to the heavily engineered Mississippi River in the case of another major tremblor. The shaking could break the levees, flooding wide areas along the river and creating cascading effects. The flow of the river might also reverse completely, as occurred during the New Madrid earthquakes.

On these possibilities and the lack of scientific consensus surrounding intraplate seismicity in this zone, see this article in The Atlantic.

On current efforts to create earthquake hazard maps in St. Louis, see this overview on the US Geological Survey site.

For a deeper dive into the history of the New Madrid earthquakes, see this book by historian of science Conevery Bolton Valencius. 

This article has be referenced/discussed through those looking at gender in the role of humaity by groups who are human rights activists, those who treat people in third world areas. As well as an international outreach website that supports treatment of those who have been abused.

Emergency response is addressed in the article through actions taken by health organizations in threat of an epidemic, national boards use emergency response as a way of protecting  their country  from disease, even though this is most effective through research and prevention. The idea of emergency response is global health security- in keeping the US healthy from epidemics in the past; we were not prepared for AIDS or swine flu.

The main findings presented in the article is that finding accurate data on violence to healthcare workers is difficult, there are many types of violence and the incidents may not be reported due to fear the participants in the event may have chose not to report them. Violence can also be defined in many different ways creating discrepancies in reporting.

“With this promising technology, though, arrived a whole series of risks,catastrophic boiler explosions being the most dramatic and the deadliest.”

“Dr. Astweh-Asel had no idea then how serendipitous and how surprisingly rare this meeting between investigator and wreckage would come to seem in the weeks and months ahead.”

“ No one argued with him over these reinventions in principal, but he was thwarted time and time again over the next fifteen years as he tried to defend them in practice.”

This organization finds finding the proper evidence and persuading people that what they are advocating for is worth it, as methodologically challenging.

The article has been referenced and discussed on various platforms such as government websites and other sources that reference what chronic disaster syndrom is.

The data is visualized on an easy to read dashboard with labelled features, a personalized profile, ability to video chat, chats that track emotional and mental status via app and sensors, secured servers, ability to find providers, etc.

The three points I followed up on were women and children’s likelihood of to develop mental illness after a disaster, mental health and hurricane Katrina, and comorbidity.